knitting and living in Tokyo, Japan

June 07, 2007

Meeting Barry

Thanks everyone for your baby congratulations! We are both really excited and anxious at the same time. While I was in Australia I had my 19 week ultrasound and I found out the sex of the baby. We really didn't mind either way as ALL we want is a healthy baby to bring home in October. Seriously that's all we want. BTW, Dudley really is a boy!! I totally thought it would be a boy and the Chinese Gender Calendar told me it is a boy too. I've felt our little thrasher kicking since about 18 weeks and that is truly an amazing feeling.

I have plenty to say about being pregnant in general, being pregnant in Japan, planning to give birth in Japan as a western woman, and the too cute Japanese baby clothes that I so far have been able to resist. So there'll be lots of those kinds of posts coming up.

The talk was entertaining and educational. Barry talked while doing a slide show containing pics of graffiti from the 80s and 90s located in SF, NY and Brazil. There was a Japanese interpreter there but there were a number of times when I wanted to get up and help him out. Especially when Barry was trying to convey his feelings of distaste for corporate advertising.

After Barry's talk, the Japanese boss manager type guy told everyone not to bother Barry after the show and ask for autographs as he had been working for 48 hours straight. So we stuck around when most people just left and as we thought about leaving I saw a bunch of people gathering around Barry so I told Darin he should give him some of his new stickers. So we went up and Darin gave him some stickers which he really seemed to like and then I asked to take a photo with him and he was more than happy to oblige. Did you know Barry is half Chinese like me!!

And I only had my ticket stub on me so I asked him to sign that too!! Sweet! Darin has already framed it.

Comments

CONGRATULATIONS to the both of you. I have a little boy who's almost two who can't sit still. Very inquisitive and always gets into things. I still remember the time when I was pregnant, and it was such a wonderful experience. I was lucky 'cuz I didn't get any morning sickness whatsoever. And that made being pregnant even a joy. Anyway, enough of me rambling. A good friend of mine introduced your blog to me. And I pop by every now and then. Congratulations again!

Adding my congratulations! Your kid is going to have the coolest parents ever!

One of my close (foreign) friends gave birth in Tokyo and said it wasn't bad at all. Her doctors were great. The only thing she said she lacked was family support, which I suppose is good to have around when you're a new parent. But you two have such a great support group in Tokyo already that I'm sure you'll be fine.